TechCrunch Disrupt Europe, the conference hosted by the influential technology news site, is moving to London for the first time.

After last year’s event in Berlin, Disrupt will take place at Old Billingsgate in the City of London this October.

“It makes enormous sense to bring the event to London at this time, given that the city has become the home of choice for companies looking to go global,” said TechCrunch’s editor-at-large Mike Butcher.

“With huge tech, media, finance and entertainment sectors, London is San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles rolled into one, so there are special advantages to bringing Disrupt to the UK’s capital,” he added.

The conference will begin with a two-day Hackathon on 18-19 October, followed by a further two days of on-stage interviews and panels. The speakers have yet to be confirmed, but have previously included Mark Zuckerberg, Marissa Mayer and Dick Costolo, of Facebook, Yahoo and Twitter respectively.

“I’m delighted that TechCrunch has chosen London as the host city for October’s Disrupt,” said Gerard Grech, the new CEO of Tech City UK. “Over the past few years London has built its technology credentials to offer entrepreneurs a world-leading environment to start and grow a digital business.”

TechCrunch’s decision follows the announcement by David Cameron of a new £45m fund to develop the “internet of things” in the UK.

Speaking at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover, Cameron said that “We are on the brink of a new industrial revolution and I want us – the UK and Germany – to lead it.”